Music-filing cabinet.



P. T. LARKIN.

MUSIC FILING CABINET.

APPLICATION man DEC. $3. 1916.

Patented 12,1918.

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PATRICK T. LARKTN, OF GREAT BARRINGTON, MAS'SAGHUSE'ETS.

MUSIC-FILING CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented Mar. 12,1918.

Application flied December 13, 1916. Serial No. 136,616.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, PATRICK T. LARKIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Great Barrington, in the county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Music-Filing Cabinet, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved music filing cabinet more especially designed for conveniently filing sheet and roll music and phonographie disk record and phonographic cylinder records and arranged to permit the user to quickly locate and easily remove any one piece of music without disturbing any other piece. 7 H

In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of a cabinet provided With a, number of section each divided into conipartments arrtnged one above the other, one of the compartment being for filing sheet music and phonograp'hic disk records in upright position and this compartment being provided with consecutively numbered and vertically disposed books each having its leaves nui'nb'ered consecutively, another compartment being forfiling roll music andhaving cells each adapted to receive a roll singly and arranged in vertical and horizontal rows, the vertical rows being numbered consecutively, and a tray slidable transversely in the cabinet and provided with rotvsof posts each adapted to receive a phonographic cylinder record singly, the posts in each row being numbered consecutively.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented, in the accompanyii'ig drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate correspondii'ig parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a filing cabinet;

Fig, 2 is an enlarged transverse section of the same on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective vieiv of a portion of the index book'in open position;

Fig. 4: is a perspective vievv of one end portion of a music roll and its identification characters Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of the cabinet showing the tray for holding the phonographi'c cylinder records in outward P sit Fig. 6 is a face view of a portion of a front elevation of the music piece of sheet music provided with identification charactcrs; and

Fig. 7 is a face view of a phonographic disk record provided with identification characters.

The filing cabinet illustrated in Figs. 1, Z and 5, consists preferably of two sections 10 and 11 arranged one along'ide the other and separated by a vertical partition 12'. The section 10 of the cabinet is divided by a horizontal partition 13 into an upper com partment let and a lower compartment 15, and the section 11 is divided by a horizontal partition 16 into an upper compartment 17 and a lower compartment 18. The compare merits i4, 1 7 and 18 are arranged for filing" sheet music and phonographic disk records, and the compartment is provided in its upper portion With a tray 20 for supporting phonographic cylinder records and the lower portion of the compartment 15 is provided with cells or pigeon holes 29) each adapted to receive a music roll 23 singly, as Will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 1.

Each of the compartments 14:, 17 and 18 is provided with books 25 disposed vertically and arranged one alongside the other, the books in each compartment being identified by consecutiv' e numerals 26 arranged on top of the books, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1. Each of the books 525 has its leaves 27 hung on rods 28 fixed in the corresponding com partment 14, 17 or 18, and the leaves 27 in each book 25 are provided at their outer edges with index tabs 29 provided With index numerals arranged consecutively, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 2.

The shelf 20 is provided with two rows of posts 30 and 31 each adapted to form a support for a corresponding phonographic cylinderrecord 21. The rows of posts are arranged one in front of the other and the posts in each row are numberedconsecutively (see Fig. and corresponding consecutive numerals 32 are arianged on v the front of the shelf '20. hen the shelf 20' is pulled out, as shown in Fig. 5, then any one of the cylinder records llcan be removed from the corresponding post 30 or 31. The outward sliding movement ofthe tray 20 is limited by stoppins depending from the partition 13 and adapted to be engaged by he back of the tray \vhen the latter is ulled out to its full extent. The

cells or pigeonholes 22 are arranged in hori zontal and vertical rows, and the vertical rows are numbered consecutively as indicated at 34 in Fig. 1.

In order to readily file the music or to readily find any piece of music for removal as desired; use is made of an index book 40 illustrated in Fig. 3. The leaves of the index book 40 are provided with index tabs 41 bearing identification characters, preferably the letters of the alphabet. The front face of each leaf is preferably provided with a title column 42, a portion of Which is used for receiving the title of sheet music and another portion is used for receiving the titles of phonographic disk records. The rear face of each sheet is provided with two title columns 43 and 44, of which the column 43 is adapted to receive the titles of roll music and the column 44 is adapted to receive the titles of phonographic cylinder records. It is understood that the titles in the columns have their firstletter correspond to the index letter 41 of the corresponding leaf. Adjacent the title column'42 isarranged a number column 45, containing opposite to each title four numerals of which the first numeral indicates the corresponding section 10 or 11, the

second numeral indicates the corresponding compartment in that section, the third numeral indicates the number of the book in' that compartment,'and the, fourth numeral indicates the corresponding index numeral 29 of that particular book. Thus any piece of sheet music or phonographic disk rec- 'ord entered in the column 42 and having received its identification numerals is placed in the leaf of a corresponding book in the corresponding compartment of a corresponding section, and when it is desired to remove a piece of sheet music or a disk rec- 0rd of which the title is known, it is only necessary to refer to the index book on the corresponding page to find the title and the numbers45 associated therewith to permit the user to readily locate the music or the.

disk record in the cabinet and to remove it therefrom if desired.

To one side of the column 43 on the back of the page is arranged a number column 46 which contains. a set of numerals opposite each title, and the first numeral of the set of numerals indicates the cabinet section, thesecond indicates the corresponding compartment in that section, and the third number indicates the corresponding cell or pigeonhole marked correspondingly at the .7 top. The title. column 44 has arranged to one side a numeral column 47 adapted to receive alset of numerals opposite each title, andthe first of each set of numerals refers to the cabinet section, the second to the corresponding compartment in that section, and thethird to the corresponding numeral 111 the tray 20.

It is understood that the sheet music, the roll music and the phonographic disk records are provided with-a set of numerals corresponding to that given opposite to its title in the index book .40, as Will be readily understood by reference to Figs. 3,

cation numerals likewiseentered in theIin-,

dex book alongside the title. .By reference to the index book the user can quickly find the set of identification characters of any.

piece of music filed in 'the cabinetand of which the title is known, and then by the use of the identification characters can 10- cate the piece of music in the cabinet and remove it therefrom without disturbing any other piece of music filed in the cabinet. AlthoughI have'shown and described the cabinet as provided with two sections each divided in two compartments I do notlimit myself to this particular. construction as one. section, say section 10, may be used for theseveral types of music referred to. On the :other. hand, the sections andcompartmentsmay be increased innumber to meet.

the requirements of the user. be noticed that a-very' large pieces of music can be filed in comparatively small dimensions.

Having thus described claim as new and-desire to: secure. by Let.- ters Patent: 1

A music filing above the other, being for filing sheet music and phonographic disk records in iuprightposition,

the compartment beingprovided with con-n secutively numbered and vertically; disposed books each having its leaves numbered consecutively, the lower compartment being for, filing roll music and having cells each' and a tray slidable transversely in the inter- V mediate compartment. and provided with rows of posts eachadapted. to receive a phonographic cylinder 1 record singly, the

post rows'being arranged one infront of the other and the postsv in each ro'wbeing LARK-IN.

numbered consecutively. PATRICK It will also number, of a-cabinet of 5 my invention, I.

cabinet, comprising a caslng divided lnto'three compartments one the upper compartment.

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